Chag HaBanot 126 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 3887

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 3887 began on and ended on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 123 30 Kislev 3884
Chag HaBanot 124 30 Kislev 3885
Chag HaBanot 125 30 Kislev 3886
Chag HaBanot 126 1 Tevet 3887
Chag HaBanot 127 30 Kislev 3888
Chag HaBanot 128 30 Kislev 3889
Chag HaBanot 129 30 Kislev 3890
Chag HaBanot 130 30 Kislev 3891

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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